Join us in beautiful San Francisco for Beading by the Bay. Learn new off-loom seed bead techniques,
create beautiful jewelry, and relax the weekend away with accomplished instructorsSabina Lippert, Miriam Cielo Shimon, and Nancy Cain

Save the date on your calendar: March 8-10, 2019
Registration opens for returning attendees on Monday, August 6, 2018 at 12:00 noon Pacific timeand for lottery winners on Monday, August 27th.

Given the huge interest in this event, we anticipate only a few available spaces. We will conduct a lottery from new names on our mailing list. To join the lottery click on Join Mailing List at the bottom of this page and enter Lottery 2019 in the message.
We sincerely appreciate all the interest and wish we could accommodate everyone who would like to attend.

Rising Sun, by Sabine Lippert

A Royal Affair, by Miriam Cielo Shimon

Bellissima, by Nancy Cain

The tenth annual Beading by the Bay retreat will be three days of beadweaving instruction from three talented and interesting instructors.
The retreat begins at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 7, with our Meet the Teachers Reception.
If you have additional questions, or want to be added to the Beading by the Bay retreat mailing list, please click below.